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Blindness

Blindness

Your vision of the world will change forever.

20086.52h 1m

Overview

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Written by José Saramago, Don McKellar
Produced by Sheena Macdonald, Claudia Büschel, Austin Wong
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $19.8M

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Themes & Keywords

blindness and impaired visionbased on novel or bookfightsocietyasylumeye specialistuprisingoutbreakepidemicdoomsdayplague

About Blindness

Blindness is a drama, mystery, science fiction, thriller film released in 2008 exploring themes of blindness and impaired vision, based on novel or book, fight, society, asylum, eye specialist. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, it stars Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover. When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

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